The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-12-31
0 q S. ~MARMADUKE.
From the St. Louis Republican.

From the St. Louis Republican,
The death OF John :. Mlrmaduke is Il
blow 20 the state, which never had Il
better governor nOr a man!icr citizen.
In his official career he surpassed the
expectations of his warIncst friends,
and his administration has been in
every way a successful me Tried as
few other governors were ever tried
before when ST Louis was the center
of the most extensive strike the couu-
try has eve seen. he acquitted himself
so well in his high IruSt that the prin-
ciples OF right and Justice were more
fully declared and firmly established
without bloodshed and without des-
truction Of property. though neigh
boring states under more favorable
conditions suffered in principle. prop
erty and life. Tried again in the fer
cest fight with combined corporations
that had taken place III the state, he
was again found true To himself and to
the people, unfolding against all in-
ducements and all the pressure brought
to bear TO swerve him. lie was not
only a thoroughly honest man, but
more than that, Il consclentiouSly hou-
orable mali. Strong as his convictions
and his prejudlces Were neither their
force nor any exterior force could Ia
duce him 10 stoop TO anything that he
recognized rs mean or regarded as
contemotible. His ideas here were as
fixed and as powerful in controlling
him as his views of financial honesty.
Incapable of in private or
public life, he made no compromises
with his convictions or with his duty
either to gain new friends or to keep
old ones, and under his administration
this state has been freer ON guberna-
torial attempts at political control
than it had been in many years. lie
put an end to St. Louis scandals, set
the state above the "rings" which in
the past had essaved to control it, aud
gave it an administration which has
been warmly endorsed by democrats
and republicans alike. 1t was lmpossl-
BILE to know him well and no to be his
friend, for he was a brave man, an hon-
est man, an honorable nan May he
rest in peace.
From the ST. Louis lob e-Democrat.I
The news OF Gov. Marmaduke's
death will shock the whole community
DeCduSC VI us Uiith tEJtCbbCSS ~ was
in St. Louis a lew DAYS ago, apparent
ly in the enjoyment Of his usual health.
He met friends. transacted business
and returned to Jefferson City. Upon
his arrival there he was Frustrated
with an attack of pneumonia, which
terminated fatally oon after 9 O'Clock
Wednesday night. The element OF
sadness enters i'll an unusual degree III
to the contemplation OF a death coming
about in this way, almost without
warning to the victim, who in this case
might reasonably have looked to a de-
cade of prospect and a decade Of retro
spect as yet remaining to him on earth.
But whatever may be said in censure
or criticism of Gov. Marmaduke, the
tribute Of unfliuching personal integri-
ty must be paid to him By friend and
foe alike. lie vas thoroughly honest
in all his dealings, whether with indiv-
iduals or with the stale. We do not
believe a single public act OF his can be
traced to a private motive corrupt in
character. Add to this that if his
enmities were strong, his friendships
were still stronger, and the balance
When struck will be largely in his favor
as 4 man, however the account may
turn out with him as a politician or a
governor.